PwC reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(75,258 total reviews)
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Mohamed Kande

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

PwC has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 75,258 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PwC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Oct 20, 2018

Say No to PwC

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Pros

In SAP practice - there is absolutely no benefit;

Cons

1. Variable 3~4% 2. Hike on an average 3~4%; in case if promoted 8~9% 3. Employees are treated as labor in SAP practice; You don't get to work from PwC Office; instead, they will depute you to client site - where there be unhygienic food; no place to sit; broken chair; no meeting room- that the workplace you will get to work. I have faced this experience during my tenure in PwC SAP practice. 4. Project Managers/Directors are highly unqualified and they set an unrealistic target without understanding the business requirement which cannot be achieved- Then pressurize the consultants and senior consultants to deliver the projects, And In case if you have planned a vacation - they will ask you to reschedule in the last moment. 5. There is no resource allocation tool; the single resource is tagged to 4-5 projects simultaneously. So the resource needs to keep on traveling to the different client location. 6. Substandard per diems - 250-300/day; in case if your actual expenses are more than 250~300; then it will not be reimbursed. 7. Expenses generally take more than 1 month to get reimbursed. 8. No onshore/International assignment; 100% domestic projects. 9. Unrealistic planning and bidding for the projects 10.Very small projects/assignments lasting on for 3-4 months; in case of implementation 7-8 months max; 11. False commitment from Management

1.0
Sep 10, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- PwC has a good brand name and always feel good to be part of the Big-4 - Have a decent # of vacation days, plus management tends to add a couple more days each year which is nice.

Cons

- Long and crazy hours of AT LEAST 60 hrs/wk (expected). Often 80 hrs/wk. I have done 100 hr+/wk and management still question why you can't do more. - Partners are treated like royalty. Everybody else is a nobody and treated like slaves. - There is no stock upside. Annual bonus is very stingy compared to what you can get outside. And they are under the mercy of the partnership (well, they need their multi-million dollar cut first).

1.0
Aug 24, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Supposedly prestigious. But that probably seems to be a facade.

Cons

The upper management is very racist. A bunch of fifty plus white men who would not let anyone from a diverse background move up. The performance rating system is very opaque and is a popularity contest. It is grossly unfair and the firm exploits imported foreign talent by paying them below market and denying them promotion on flimsy grounds. They think that the person is on a work visa and so is a ripe candidate for exploitation. The Houston office for one seems like something out of a slave plantation from the 1800s. There are international managers being paid less than white senior associates. International senior associates are denied promotion for several years on flimsy grounds. Meagre pay raise of 1k and a 1k bonus is a further slap on the face on a yearly basis. They even shelved the contribution awards program whereby they’d hand you $1k semi-annually. Expect more then 100 hrs of work in January and February if you are on any listed engagement. There would be no overtime for this.

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